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Let's Review: Global History and Geography (Barron's Review Course Series)

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I am a 10th grade World History teacher in California. This book is the best resource I own. It not only helps the students, but allows me the chance to review prior to lectures and activities. It is must for any world history or global history student or teacher.

I got a 99 on the Global Regents, but it was thanks to my notes from class rather than this book. I had taken AP Euro the whole year and we just reviewed Global at the end of the year, about a month before the regents. At first I tried to use this book, but there was no way I could read the whole thing in a short amount of time with so many other regents I had to take, and frankly, I didn't need to. I was just hoping to get some good review questions to practice with. The questions themselves were all right, but the answer key had many, many mistakes. It was incredibly frustrating and I soon gave up using this book.

If you want this book for the whole year, for the actual information, then it would be a good book to have. However, if you want it as a quick review before the regents I'd probably go with something else. Also, if you want practice questions while preparing for the regents, get the red Barrons book, with all the old regents- you'll be better off that way.

I don't know why some reviewers said this book was accurate. It was filled with obvious errors in the answer key. The information was poorly organized, and many times the exact same page appeared repeatedly in different places. The actual review is pretty informative and all the information you need is there. As long as you really pay attention to what you're reading and are able to pick up on the errors, you should be alright. If you don't though, and blindly accept their answers (despite the fact they they plainly contradict the text) you'll end up very confused and very mistaken. My friends ordered the Prentice Hall review book (straight from their website, I don't think Amazon sells it) and they seemed to like that better.

Like many high school New Yorkers, I was super-worried about doing well on my Regents exam. But thanks to Mr. Mark Willner's book, I not only passed, I excelled! I was so satisfied, I told everyone to use it. If you are taking a Global Regent, get this book. This, in addition to your Global History class, will definately assure your success. Mr. Willner's thorough analysis and explanation in crucial areas in the subject is comprehensive and thorough. He is the Social Studies chairman at my school and was named best in the country, so he must have done something right! Get this book, you'll be glad you did.

I graduated from High School in NYC and there you must pass this regents in order to graduate. Well, I've always liked History, but taking such a hard test is another story. This book is great help for those who need to study for this test, since is not easy to remember all that things they taught us in two years (at least that's how it is in NY). Well, with the help of this book and my History teacher I was able to get a good score and pass the regents all at once! Thanks Barron's and Thanks Ms. Gasparevich!

I got this book to study for California's CSET in Social Sciences, and found it very useful. I read the entire book, cover to cover, and thought it was an easy read. It was a good refresher, but also new subjects to me (especially Asian history). It made me very confident, and I passed the CSET the first time around. It is also a good book to keep for reference in the future.

Appears to be a thorough review for NY State Regents in Global History and Geography.

A well-prepared book. Accurate and informative. Great for useby students throughout the four term sequence as well as preparing for the Regents.A Bronx Science student.

A well-prepared book. Accurate and informative. Great for useby students throughout the four term sequence as well as preparing for the Regents.A Bronx Science student.

I am a Global History and Geography Teacher. Take it from me, this is a horrible review book. It is boring and hard to read. I won't use this book and I am a teacher. This is not a good purchase. Find another review book.